Match-box.



PATENTED JULY'28, 1908.

0-. W'. OERTEL.

MATCH BOX. APPLICATION FILED JULY 13, 1907.

' I N VE N TOR LAar/ea W flerle B Y ma w/nvgssss ATTORNEYS enmew.OERTEL, OF NEW YORK, NY.

MATCH-Box.

Specification of Letters Patent.

I Patented July 28, 1908.

' Application filed July 13, 1907. Serial No. 883,650.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LOHARLEs W. OERTEL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Match- Box, ofwhich the following is'a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to match boxes made of a singlepie'ce of paper,.capable of being folded into a receptacle for holding loose matches.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved match boxwhich is simple and compact in construction, more especially designedfor pocket use, and arranged to permit ready access to the loose matchesfor convenient removal whenever it is desired to use the same.

The invention consists of novel features and parts. and combinations ofthe same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and thenpointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings" forming a art of this specification, in whichsimilar 0 aracters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a per ective view of the improvement closed; ig. 2- is afront view of the same open; Fig. 3 is an enlargedtransverse section ofthe same on the line 3.3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a face view of theblank of the match box.

The match box is made from a single piece or blank of sheet material,such as stlfl paper or the like, and the said single piece is formed andcreased as illustrated in Fig. 4, to form a back A, from the u er andlower ends of which'extend the top lb and the bottom 0, and from thesides of the back A extend the sides D, D. From the top-B extends thecover E terminating in a locking tongue F, and from the bottom C extendsa retaining fia ,G, and from the sides D, D extend the ont flaps H, Hwhich overlap at the lower portions, the front flap H bein provided atits lower portion with aslit H gue H or engagement by a locking .tonformed on the lower portion of the other front-flap H. The upper arts ofthe front fla s H, H have u war y and outwardly indlined edges H, I.

Now in order to form the box from the piece-or blank asdescribed, thebottom C' is ent'up at right angles tothe back A and thenthe retainingfla G is bent u parallel to the back A, after W 'ch the side is bentover and the front flap H folded over the retaining flap G. The otherside D is now bent over and the front flap H is folded over and itslocking tongue H is engaged with the slit H to lock the front flaps inposition, thus holding the retaining flap G in place. By the arrangementdescribed a chamber is formed by the back A, the bottom-C, the re-'tainingl flap G and the front flaps H and H,

ich chamber can now be readily filled andw with matches arranged onealongside the other, the depth of the chamber being more or less toaccommodate one, two or more rows of matches, as described. By havingthe inclined edges H", H in the front fla s H, H convenient access ishad to all t e matches.

When the chamber is filled the top B is bent over and the cover E swungdownward to close the partly open front of the chamber, the cover beinglocked in a closed position by the operator tucking the locking tongue Fbetweenthe retaining flap G and the interlocked-lower portions of thefront flaps H, H. The match box shown and described is very simple andcom act in construction, and when the cover is 0 en convenient access ishad to the mate es, as all the matches are more or less exposed andstill securely held in place by the retaining flap G,

. the upper edge of which extends a short distance abovethe upper edgeof the lowerinterlo'cked portions of the front flaps H, H.

An ignition strip I may be secured tothe,

inner face of the cover E, to allow'of igniting a removed match thereon.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

' 1. A blank for match boxes, comprising a .the back and havingfrontflaps provided with inclined edges, one of said side flaps beingprovided with a slit and-the other with a tongue for engaging the slit,a retaining flap extending from the bottom and adapted to be arrangedinside of the side flaps to form part of the front of the box, and acover extending from the topand ada ted to overlap ortions of the saidfront aps when the lank is folded, the cover terminating in a lockingtongue adapted to pass between the retaining fla and the sides.

2. A matc box comprising a chamber for the reception of the matches, thefront of the chamber having a cut out portion in its upper part, theside walls of the cut out portion being inclined upwardly and outwardlyto give access to all the matches in the chamber, a retaining flap inthe rear of the lower portion of the front of the chamber, the saidretaining flap extending a distance above the bottom edge of the saidout out portion, and a cover for closing the said chamber and over lyingthe inclined ed es of the side walls of the cut out portion, t e coverterminating in 5 a locking tongue adapted to ass between the saidretaining flap and the ower portion of the said front.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of 0 two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES W. OEPTEL.

\Nitnesses THEo. G. HosTER, EVERARD B. MARSHALL.

